Definition of cantle

< cantina

canto >

can·tle    (kntl) KEY 

NOUN:

1. The raised rear part of a saddle.
2. A corner, segment, or portion; a piece: a cantle of land.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English cantel, corner, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cantellus, from Vulgar Latin *cantus ; see cant¹